Millwall 2-1 Blackpool: result and report

Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021

Result

Millwall 2-1 Blackpool

Championship · Saturday 28 August 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Millwall · Blackpool · Championship predictions

Millwall 2-1 Blackpool: match report

Millwall won against Blackpool 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 28 August 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Shayne Lavery opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Millwall's goals came from Jed Wallace (63') and Jake Cooper (90'). Blackpool scored through Shayne Lavery (56').

Discipline: Millwall received 4 yellow cards; Blackpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Millwall were 21st on 2 points from 4 and Blackpool 22nd on 2 points from 4. Millwall went on to finish that season 9th with 69 points, and Blackpool 16th with 60.

Millwall lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Blackpool in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jed Wallace of Millwall (9.5), ahead of Matt Smith (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Millwall wins, 1 draw and 5 for Blackpool.

Going into the match Millwall's last five read L-L-D-D and Blackpool's D-L-L-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Red card · Callum ConnollyBlackpool
  • 27'Yellow card · Kenny DougallBlackpool
  • 50'Yellow card · Billy MitchellMillwall
  • 56'Goal · Shayne LaveryBlackpool · 0-1
  • 62'Yellow card · George SavilleMillwall
  • 62'Yellow card · Jerry YatesBlackpool
  • 63'Goal · Jed WallaceMillwall · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · Scott MaloneMillwall
  • 74'Yellow card · Keshi AndersonBlackpool
  • 74'Yellow card · Maikel KieftenbeldMillwall
  • 90'Goal · Jake CooperMillwall · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Millwall 2, draws 1, Blackpool 5.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Grant WardBlackpool · injury (Achilles tendon problems)

Millwall line-up (3-4-2-1)

Bartosz Białkowski, Dan Ballard, Murray Wallace, Jake Cooper, Billy Mitchell, George Saville, Maikel Kieftenbeld, Scott Malone, Jed Wallace, Benik Afobe, Matt Smith

Blackpool line-up (4-4-2)

Chris Maxwell, Callum Connolly, Marvin Ekpiteta, Richard Keogh, Luke Garbutt, Josh Bowler, Reece James, Kenny Dougall, Keshi Anderson, Jerry Yates, Shayne Lavery